[vlc-devel] [PATCH] audio filter: use tanhf for soft clipping in equalizer

[Steve Lhomme]

Hello,

This kind of patch should be sent though Gitlab: 
https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc

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On 3/2/2026 9:58 PM, Abhinav Aswin wrote:
> Hello VLC developers,
> 
> I recently built VLC from source and worked on the audio equalizer filter.
> This patch introduces soft clipping using tanhf() in the equalizer output
> to reduce distortion when the signal is amplified.
> 
> The change is limited to modules/audio_filter/equalizer.c.
> 
> I am interested in contributing further as part of Google Summer of Code 
> 2026
> and would appreciate any feedback or suggestions.
> 
> Thank you for your time.
> 
> Best regards,
> Abhinav Aswin
> 
> 
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